[Event "61st World Juniors 2024"] [Site "Gandhinagar IND"] [Date "2024.06.13"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Nogerbek, Kazybek"] [Black "Gharibyan, Mamikon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2502"] [BlackElo "2492"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "141"] [GameId "2056253149253331"] [EventDate "2024.06.03"] {[%evp 0,141,11,22,27,-4,-6,13,19,13,36,42,34,26,39,16,7,19,9,22,22,8,20,17,18,-4,-3,-20,-24,1,15,-9,11,-22,-24,0,-20,-41,4,-8,-19,-15,-23,-13,30,0,-21,13,68,36,30,19,19,19,22,22,41,20,27,70,68,68,68,53,71,32,69,51,95,104,84,46,106,121,95,65,78,40,35,28,26,27,25,6,10,0,14,27,23,0,0,11,66,63,50,57,49,43,58,63,60,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,49,0,124,117,130,130,126,116,116,116,130,116,730,781,802,802,802,820,834,812,982,992,992,992,992,992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nb6 10. h4 Qe7 11. Qb4 Bf5 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Ne5 h5 14. e3 Nd6 15. Be2 c6 16. f3 f6 17. Nd3 Nbc4 18. Kf2 b6 19. Bxd6+ Kxd6 20. Nf4 b5 21. a4 a5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Ra1 Bc2 24. Rhc1 Bb3 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 a4 27. Nxh5 Ra7 28. Ng3 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Nxh5 Rh6 31. Ng3 Kc6 32. Rcb1 Kb6 33. Nf5 Rh8 34. Bxc4 Bxc4 35. Rb4 Kc6 36. Ne3 Bb3 37. c4 Rb7 38. cxb5+ Rxb5 39. Raxa4 Bxa4 40. Rxa4 Rhb8 41. Kf3 Rb4 42. Ra6+ R8b6 43. Rxb6+ Rxb6 44. Kf4 Rb2 45. Ng4 Rxg2 46. Nxf6 {This ending is drawn, but like rook vs. rook and bishop it isn't *that* hard to lose. I did a search in ChessBase for "similar endgames", and found numerous examples where the side with the rook started with a theoretically drawn position and lost, including a good number of games involving titled players. (To be fair, they made the draw more often than not.)} Kd6 47. e5+ Ke7 48. Ke4 Re2+ 49. Kd5 Ra2 50. Ne4 Ra5+ 51. Nc5 Ra1 52. Nb7 Rb1 53. Nd6 Rf1 54. Ne4 Re1 55. Ng3 Kd7 56. Nh5 Ke7 57. Nf4 Kd7 58. Ng6 {White is ready to play e6+, as ...Rxe6 is met by Nf8+ winning the rook.} Rg1 59. e6+ Ke8 60. Ne5 Rd1 61. Nc6 Re1 62. Kd6 Rd1 63. d5 Rd2 64. Nb4 Rd1 $2 {The losing move.} (64... Rb2 65. Nc6 Rd2 {was one way to draw, not allowing White's king to safely reach c7.}) (64... Rd4 {also works, for the same reason, and}) (64... Kd8 {is another, very direct, way to stop Kc7.}) 65. Kc7 Ke7 66. Nc6+ Kf6 {Perhaps Gharibyan was counting on this move to prevent d6, but now his king is out of the goal and it's the e-pawn that will progress.} 67. Kd6 Rd2 68. Ne5 Rd4 69. Nd7+ Kf5 70. e7 Re4 71. Nc5 {Next up, Ne6 to block the rook. Black has no satisfactory defense, so it's time to resign.} 1-0